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• Survey of library and information problems in correctional institutions : final report (U. S. Dept. of Health, Education & Welfare, Office of Education, 1974), by Marjorie LeDonne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual of procedures for the institutional library. (Classification Bureau, State Dept. of Corrections, 1949), by California Department of Corrections and California. Adult Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• The prison library handbook, prepared for the Committee on libraries in correctional institutions of the American library association and the Committee on education of the American prison association (American Library Association, 1932), by Edith Kathleen Jones and American Library Association. Committee on Libraries in Correctional Institutions (page images at HathiTrust)
• The library program of the California State Department of Corrections ([Sacramento], 1956), by California Department of Corrections (page images at HathiTrust)
• A guide to institutional librarianship for non-professional librarians (Raiford, 1960), by Raiford. Library Florida. State Prison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Book magic. Catalog of the U.S.S.R. library. ([El Reno, Okla.], 1937), by El Reno United States. Southwestern reformatory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reading survey : state prison, state reformatory for men, and state reformatory for women, general summary of returns. (s.n., 1933), by Minnesota. Dept. of Public Institutions and Perrie Jones (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Directory of persons in charge of libraries in penal and correctional institutions (including industrial schools) of the United States and Canada. September, 1943 ... (Committee on Institution Libraries, American Prison Association, 1943), by Herman K. Spector and Committee on American Prison Association. Institution Libraries (page images at HathiTrust)
• U.S. prison library services and their theoretical bases (University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library Science, 1973), by Rhea Joyce Rubin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prison rules; indeterminate sentence law; parole regulations; library catalogue. (The Monthly Record Press, 1902), by Conn.) Connecticut State Prison (Somers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The library program of the California State Department of Corrections (s.n., 1956), by Herman K. Spector (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of books : in the library of the Idaho State Penitentiary, Boise, Idaho, 1910 ([Boise] : [publisher not identified], 1910., 1910), by John W. Snook and Idaho State Penitentiary (page images at HathiTrust)
• What the convict reads. ([New York, 1912), by Florence Rising Curtis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proposed objectives and standards for libraries in adult prisons and reformatories. (San Francisco, 1941), by American Prison Association. Committee on Institution Libraries (page images at HathiTrust)
• An annotated catalogue of the Wisconsin State Prison Library ([The Prison], 1915), by Wisconsin State Prison. Library, Rumana McManis, and Eileen Duggan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of books in the library of the Oregon State Penitentiary ([The Penitentiary, between 1000 and 1999), by Oregon State Penitentiary. Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary Library at Menard, Illinois. ([Menard, Ill.] : [the Library], 1905., 1905), by Southern Illinois Penitentiary. Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Library catalogue / the Connecticut State Prison (Wethersfield, Conn., Monthly Record Press 1907., 1907), by Conn.) Connecticut State Prison (Somers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prison libraries. (New York : The Russell Sage foundation library, [1930], 1930), by Russell Sage Foundation. Library and Roland August Mulhauser (page images at HathiTrust)
• Objectives and standards for libraries in adult prisons and reformatories. Approved and adopted by the Executive Committee of the American Prison Association, May 14, 1943. Approved by the Executive Board of the American Library Association, January, 1944. ([Saint Paul? Minn., 1944), by American Prison Association. Committee on Institution Libraries and American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Booklist for Penal Institution Libraries: Books Published From July 1948 to June 1950 (New York: American Prison Association, ca. 1950), by American Correctional Association Committee on Institution Libraries, ed. by Edwin I. Friedman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 1000 Books for Prison Libraries, 1936-1939 (St. Paul: Dawson-Patterson, printers, 1939), by Mildred Louise Methven and American Correctional Association Committee on Institution Libraries (page images at HathiTrust)

• Law libraries in California Youth Authority : the right to legal assistance; final report (California Youth Authority, 1976), by California Youth Authority (page images at HathiTrust)

• Library catalogue. ([Jackson], 1904), by Michigan State Prison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue fo[!] the Rusk prison library at the Rusk Texas penitentiary. 1903 ... ([Rusk?, 1903), by Rusk Texas. Penitentiary (page images at HathiTrust)
• ...library catalogue. (Sing Sing, N.Y., 1901), by N.Y. Sing Sing Prison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the library. (Chester, Ill., 1901), by Illinois. State Penitentiary (Chester) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue and rules of the library, 1898. ([Lansing, Kan., 1898), by Kansas. State Penitentiary (Lansing) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Iowa State Penitentiary library catalogue ... 1903. (Prison Press, 1903), by Iowa. Penitentiary (Anamosa) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the library., by Illinois. State Penitentiary (Joliet) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Library catalogue of Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana. (Indiana State Prison, 1903), by Indiana State Prison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue. (Golden, 1911), by Colorado. State Industrial School (Golden). Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the library. ([Pittsburgh?], 1911), by Pennsylvania. Western Penitentiary (Allegheny) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of books. ([Marquette], 1908), by Marquette (Mich.). Branch Prison Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of books in the library. 1909. (Concord, N.H., 1909), by New Hampshire. State Prison (Concord) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the library (circulating division) together with rules and regulations governing the same ... 1911. (Charleston, W. Va., 1911), by West Virginia. Penitentiary (Moundsville) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the reformatory library. ([Monroe], 1915), by Washington State Reformatory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Library catalogue and rules for the government of prisoners. ([Madison, Wis.], 1904), by Wisconsin. State Prison (Waupun) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the library ... 1904. (Fort Madison, Ia., 1904), by Iowa State Penitentiary (Fort Madison) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the library ; Rules for prisoners and "good time" law (Leavenworth, Kan., 1906), by Kan.) United States. Penitentiary (Fort Leavenworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the penitentiary library of the State of Missouri, 1904. (Tribune Print. Co., 1904), by Missouri State Penitentiary. Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue supplement. (Leavenworth, Kan., 1910), by Kan.) United States. Penitentiary (Fort Leavenworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Library catalogue, good time law and the rules of government. ([Stillwater?], 1908), by Minn.) Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary Library at Menard, Illinois. ([Menard, Ill.] : [the Library], 1905., 1905), by Southern Illinois Penitentiary. Library (page images at HathiTrust)

• Goethe in Dachau : Literatur und Wirklichkeit (Universum-Verlag, 1918), by Nico Rost (page images at HathiTrust)

• Library catalogue of Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana. (Indiana State Prison, 1903), by Indiana State Prison (page images at HathiTrust)

• Library catlogue of the Kansas state industrial reformatory, Hutchinson. (Kansas State Printing Office, 1914), by Kan.) State Industrial Refomatory (Hutchinson (page images at HathiTrust)

• The education of adult prisoners, a survey and a program (National Society of Penal Information, 1931), by Austin Harbutt MacCormick and National Society of Penal Information (page images at HathiTrust)
• U.S. prison library services and their theoretical bases (University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library Science, 1973), by Rhea Joyce Rubin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Library catalogue. (U.S. Penitentiary, 1904), by McNeil Island Penitentiary. Library and O. P. Halligan (page images at HathiTrust)

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